Assistant Professor

• Modern Middle East
   

Educational Background

• Ph.D. New York University, 2006
• M.A. University of Ankara, 1993
• B.A. Middle East Technical University

Awards and Service

• Koc University, RCAC Senior Residential Fellowship, 2009-2010
• ARIT, Juokowsky Family Foundation John Freely Fellowship, 2009-10
• University Research Council Grant, 2009-2010
• Middle East Studies Association, Malcolm H. Keer Dissertation Award, 2006
• HOPE Teaching Award, SMU, 2006
• SCOS Fellowship, Cambridge University, England, 2000
• Dean's Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, New York University
• Dissertation Fellowship, ARIT (American Research Institute in Turkey)
   

Books and Essays

• Making the Ottoman-Iranian Boundary” Manuscript in preparation “
• The Sheikh Ubeidullah Rebellion” Manuscript in preparation.
• "Bones of Contention: Corpse Traffic and Iranian-Ottoman Rivalry in Iraq," Comparative Studies of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East 30, 3 (2010): 512-532 (Persian translation by Nazli Kamvari, in Irannameh 26, no. 1-2, pp. 1-30).
• Osmanlidan Cumhuriyete Bir Aydin: Tunali Hilmi Bey , [From Empire to Republic: The Life of Tunali Hilmi Bey] (Istanbul: Tarih Vakfi Yurt Yayinlari, 2008).
• "Oryantalizm ve Bizim Doğu" (Orientalism and Our East), Doğudan, Vol. 1, Issue 1, September 2007.
• "The Ottoman Archives as a source for the Study of Qajar Iran," Iranian Studies, Volume 37, number 3, September 2004, pp. 499-509. (Persian translation by Nasrollah Salehi in Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies (Fasinameh-e Tarikh-e Moaser-e Iran), No. 35/pp.79-96.

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